#!/usr/bin/python
import re
 
line = "Cats are smarter than dogs";
 
searchObj = re.search( r'(.*) are (.*?) .*', line, re.M|re.I)
 
if searchObj:
   print "searchObj.group() : ", searchObj.group()
   print "searchObj.group(1) : ", searchObj.group(1)
   print "searchObj.group(2) : ", searchObj.group(2)
else:
   print "Nothing found!!"